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Seismic Upgrading of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings Using Friction Pendulum Devices: A Probabilistic Evaluation

Applied Sciences, 2020
In many countries around the world a huge number of existing reinforced concrete (RC) structures have been realized without account for seismic detailing, even if they are located in areas subjected to high seismicity.
Diego Gino, Costanza Anerdi, Paolo Castaldo, Mario Ferrara, Gabriele Bertagnoli, Luca Giordano   +5 more
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Construction Safety Risk Assessment for Existing Building Renovation Project Based on Entropy-Unascertained Measure Theory

Applied Sciences, 2020
With the development of society, there are more and more existing building renovation projects. According to the common construction safety problems, and based on the characteristics of the construction process of renovation project, this paper ...
Wenlong Li, Qin Li, Yijun Liu, Huimin Li, Xingwang Pei   +4 more
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Energy Performance Assessment According to Data Acquisition Levels of Existing Buildings

Energies, 2019
Existing buildings are likely to consume more energy and emit more greenhouse gases than new buildings because of inevitable deteriorations in physical performance.
Kyung Hwa Cho, Sun Sook Kim
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Using of building information modeling for existing buildings assessment [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
The use BIM technology for new buildings have been proving his efficiency since the technology had established, the efficiency in costs estimation, construction management, resource saving incresed the interest to use BIM for existing building.
Garyaev Nikolay, Ayoub Fadi
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Experimental study on vertical bearing mechanism of jet grouting jacked steel composite piles in low-clearance environments

Yantu gongcheng xuebao
The jet grouting jacked composite pile is a kind of new patented technology which is suitable to the construction in the existing buildings with low clearance.
WANG Shuguang 1, 2, 3, YIN Hao 1, DUAN Qiwei 1, 3, WANG Haoyu 1, 3, LI Qinrui 1, 3, LI Zhan 1, 3
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The synergistic enhancement of bending and compression properties of glass fiber reinforced phosphate activated metakaolin geopolymer

Case Studies in Construction Materials
Phosphoric acid-based geopolymer (PAG), an emerging, eco-friendly, and durable gel material, is characterized by a simple production process, excellent and stable performance, and expansive application potential.
Xingyuan Yang, Min He, Yushuang He, Zhihua Ou   +3 more
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Seismic Upgrading of the Heritage-Protected Reinforced Concrete Warehouse in Rijeka, Croatia

Buildings
Despite Croatia experiencing two strong earthquakes in 2020, Rijeka was not directly affected, underscoring the importance of proactive seismic assessment and strengthening in all seismic regions.
Berislav Bošnjak, Nikola Pekas, Mislav Stepinac   +2 more
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
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Impact of Radiation Therapy on Physical and Psychosocial Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Joint Report From the Children's Oncology Group AYA and Radiation Oncology Committees

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rates of cancer among adolescents and young adults (AYA), age 15–39 years, are increasing. Consequently, radiation oncologists are treating more AYAs who have diagnoses spanning both pediatric and adult practices. Compared to pediatric and older adult patients, AYAs face a unique set of challenges.
Hesham Elhalawani, Rachel K. Peterson, Avani D. Rao, Laurie J. McKenzie, Ahmed Magdy Elmotayam, Leslie Chang, Michael Roth, Susan L. McGovern   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Digital Technologies for Project Representation

Diségno, 2018
In recent years construction industry is crossing an innovation process based on the digitization of information to reliably describe the existing architectural heritage.
Matteo Del Giudice
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